USPTO Patents Application 09830457

United States Patent and Trademark Office

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, Virginia 223 1 3- 1 450
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APPLICATION NO.

FILING DATE

FIRST NAMED INVENTOR

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.

CONFIRMATION NO.

09/830,457

10/09/2001

Ercz Braun

109362

8069

7590 04/26/2006

Michael L. Goldman
Nixon Peabody LLP
Clinton Square
PO Box 31051
Rochester, NY 14603-1051

EXAMINER

LAM, ANN Y

ART UNIT

PAPER NUMBER

1641

DATE MAILED: 04/26/2006

Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.

PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03)

Application No.

Applicant(s)

Response to Rule 312 Communication

09/830,457

BRAUN ET AL.

Examiner

Art Unit

4

Ann Y. Lam

1641

~ The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address -

1. S The amendment filed on 21 December 2005 under 37 CFR 1 .312 has been considered, and has been:

a) S entered.

b) □ entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope of the invention.

c) □ disapproved because the amendment was filed after the payment of the issue fee.

Any amendment filed after the date the issue fee is paid must be accompanied by a petition under 37 CFR 1.313(c)(1)
and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.

d) □ disapproved. See explanation below.

e) □ entered in part. See explanation below.

LONG V. LE
SUPERVISORY PATENT EXAMINER
TECHNOLOGY CENTER 1600

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
PTOL-271 (Rev. 04-01)

Reponse to Rule 312 Communication

Part of Paper No. 0406